diff --git a/tests/duration.rs b/tests/duration.rs
index 194b67e3f..ef0064fa4 100644
--- a/tests/duration.rs
+++ b/tests/duration.rs
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ fn saturating_mul(#[case] duration: Duration, #[case] rhs: i32, #[case] expected
 #[rstest]
 #[timeout(StdDuration::from_millis(100))]
 fn time_fn() {
+    #[allow(deprecated)]
     let (time, value) = Duration::time_fn(|| {
         std::thread::sleep(1.std_milliseconds());
         0
diff --git a/time/src/duration.rs b/time/src/duration.rs
index ef4e5cbfb..1aeb9674a 100644
--- a/time/src/duration.rs
+++ b/time/src/duration.rs
@@ -1148,6 +1148,10 @@ impl Duration {
     /// Runs a closure, returning the duration of time it took to run. The return value of the
     /// closure is provided in the second part of the tuple.
     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
+    #[deprecated(
+        since = "0.3.32",
+        note = "extremely limited use case, not intended for benchmarking"
+    )]
     pub fn time_fn<T>(f: impl FnOnce() -> T) -> (Self, T) {
         let start = Instant::now();
         let return_value = f();